Pulmonary ligament
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| Ligament: Pulmonary ligament | ||
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| Mediastinal surface of right lung. (Pulmonary ligament labeled at lower right.) | ||
| Latin | ligamentum pulmonale | |
| Gray's | subject #238 1090 | |
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| Dorlands/Elsevier | l_09/12492915 | |
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The root of the lung is covered in front, above, and behind by pleura, and that at its lower border the investing layers come into contact. Here they form a sort of mesenteric fold, the pulmonary ligament, which extends between the lower part of the mediastinal surface of the lung and the pericardium.
Just above the diaphragm the ligament ends in a free falciform border. It serves to retain the lower part of the lung in position.
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Anatomy of torso, respiratory system: Lungs and related structures | |
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| lungs | right • left • lingula • apex • base • root • cardiac notch • cardiac impression • hilum • borders (anterior, posterior, inferior) • surfaces (costal, mediastinal, diaphragmatic) • fissures (oblique, horizontal) |
| conducting zone | trachea (tracheal rings, carina) • bronchi • main bronchus (right, left) • lobar/secondary bronchi (eparterial bronchus) • segmental/tertiary bronchi (bronchopulmonary segment) • bronchiole • terminal bronchiole |
| respiratory zone | |
| pleurae | parietal pleura (cervical, costal, mediastinal, diaphragmatic) • visceral pleura • pulmonary ligament • recesses (costomediastinal, costodiaphragmatic) • pleural cavity |
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